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World Museum Liverpool

World Museum Liverpool is a museum in Liverpool. Management falls to National Museums Liverpool. There are 64 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Walker Art Gallery (100 m).

Photo: World Museum Liverpool, User:Jonathan Oldenbuck (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Liverpool

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Museums Liverpool

the operator on record

Visitors a year

606K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 3%

#211 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Liverpool

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#211 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Liverpool

World Museum Liverpool is inside Liverpool’s built-up area, with 41 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Warm weather in Liverpool runs June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°76 mm

Feb8° / 3°61 mm

Mar11° / 4°54 mm

Apr13° / 6°57 mm

May17° / 9°58 mm

Jun19° / 11°67 mm

Jul21° / 13°76 mm

Aug21° / 13°78 mm

Sep18° / 11°81 mm

Oct14° / 8°90 mm

Nov11° / 5°86 mm

Dec8° / 3°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Liverpool, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Liverpool. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Liverpool’s full climate →

About

World Museum Liverpool

Each year, some 606K people come. 12 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Run by: National Museums Liverpool
Visitors: 606K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 12 languages
Town: in Liverpool
Official site: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Map of World Museum Liverpool and nearby

World Museum Liverpool sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from World Museum Liverpool

Liverpool tops the 8 for size, at 506,564 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km west of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km north of it

Bootle

53,722 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where World Museum Liverpool is	People	Places to visit
Liverpool	It’s in town	506,564	61
Birkenhead	2.1 km southwest of it	109,854	49
Wallasey	2.2 km west of it	85,619	43
Bootle	3.4 km north of it	53,722	39
Bebington	4.7 km south of it	57,607	49
Litherland	7.2 km north of it	18,752	3
Crosby	8.7 km north of it	50,218	4
Aintree	8.7 km north of it	6,212	5

Make a day of it

More near World Museum Liverpool

A visit can add 4 museums, 2 art galleries and 2 cathedrals, from 64 places within 15 km.

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery100 m away · 338K visitors a year 2

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral1.5 km away 3

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King1 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool1.3 km away · 540K visitors a year 5

Big drawMuseumMerseyside Maritime Museum1.2 km away · 945K visitors a year 6

MuseumU-boat Story2.4 km away 7

MuseumInternational Slavery Museum1.2 km away 8

MuseumNational Museums Liverpool500 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about World Museum Liverpool

Where is World Museum Liverpool?

World Museum Liverpool is in Liverpool, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is World Museum Liverpool?

Museum in Liverpool, England.

Who runs World Museum Liverpool?

National Museums Liverpool.

How many people visit World Museum Liverpool?

About 606K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit World Museum Liverpool?

June to September are the warmest months in Liverpool, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near World Museum Liverpool?

Within 15 km: Walker Art Gallery (100 m), Liverpool Cathedral (1.5 km), Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (1 km) and Tate Liverpool (1.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
International Slavery Museum: en:User:Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museums Liverpool: John Bradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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